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Then the answer should be "beemer", but, alas, BMW never exported to Middle-Earth...

beam+er.
The -er is an agentival suffix now for the most part but originally was far more broad and was used to indicate 'one who has something to do with'
The 'ray of light' meaning of beam is not the original meaning of the word.
The 'piece of wood' meaning of beam is not the original meaning of the word but is in fact close to it.
The original meaning is simply 'tree'.
So, the answer is 'someone who has something to do with trees' and whose name should now clearly be seen to indicate that, if you do some sleuthing with the philological background here provided.

Hint: there's a reason it's "Quisling" and not "Benedict Arnold", who is probably referred to in higher degree in America, for these cases. (reason not only being that this is the one-word trivia;-)

Let's see... So essentially we have collaborationism without direct official defection.
The prime example would be Saruman then. Who was even judged and punished in the end (so to speak) mirroring Quisling himself.

Let's see... So essentially we have collaborationism without direct official defection.
The prime example would be Saruman then. Who was even judged and punished in the end (so to speak) mirroring Quisling himself.

A good line of thought. But I'd like to have one more part of this stand out a bit more. Another character, but your guess isn't far off

Indeed it is. I think of it as if Saruman would have succeeded in conquering Rohan I think it is possible that Gríma would have been selected as the head of the marionette government. Provided that Rohan wouldn't have been completely destructed and fed to the half-orcs, which come to think about it, would be the likelier scenario.